Also known as USGS 24793
Where: Vanuatu (15.8° S, 168.2° E: paleocoordinates 15.8° S, 168.2° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Raga Group, Late/Upper Pliocene (3.6 - 2.6 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From undifferentiated reef limestones of the Raga Group. AGE: Late Pliocene, on the basis of macrofossil and foraminiferal biostratigraphy, and stratigraphic position. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From an unknown position within the section.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: poorly lithified, gray, calcareous siltstone
Size class: macrofossils
Reposited in the USNM
Collection methods: surface (in situ),
• COLLECTOR: Unknown collector. REPOSITORY: USNM.
Primary reference: H. S. Ladd. 1966. Chitons and Gastropods (Haliotidae through Adeorbidae) from Western Pacific Islands. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 531:1-98 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/J. Millet]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 78052: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 25.01.2008
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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"Cypraea (Erosaria) cf. miliaris" = Erosaria miliaris3
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"Notocochlis gualteriana" = Natica gualteriana1
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